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The four key drivers that can enable better IT procurement

Open Contracting Partnership

Case studies: In Colombia , rather than the government trying to document and standardize all possible technologies, the framework agreements created for the IT sector link directly to the providers’ public web pages, which list all of their services and prices.

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Looking into the State aid angle of the Portuguese train tender

Telles.eu

However, the maintenance shed is not subject to any specific award criteria, although it can be argued it is part of the price criterion. But bearing in mind the lack of specific criteria to assess the shed and that this is not lowest price only tender, the shed itself appears more to be a condition for performance than anything else.

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Whistleblower Suits Lead to Massive Rite Aid Settlements Relating to Opioid Dispensing and Reporting Rebates

Whistleblower Network News

This allows the government to receive the benefit of any price concessions provided by drug manufacturers. Under Medicare Part D, sponsors must inform the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) of any rebates or renumeration the plans received.

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Government Contracts Cost and Pricing: Allocation of Direct and Indirect Costs

Government Contracts & Investigations

Welcome back to the Cost Corner, where we provide practical insight into the complex cost and pricing requirements that apply to Government contractors. 2014); AM General LLC , ASBCA No. The previous Cost Corner addressed the applicability of the Cost Principles and their general criteria for determining the allowability of costs.

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Senate Committee Hearing Highlights Uncertainty Surrounding Fiscal Year 2014 Defense Budget

Government Contracts Advisor

The four military service chiefs presented a gloomy picture of the projected effects of sequestration and a continuing resolution on […]

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Mongolia: Investment Related Developments in the Mining Sector

Kluwer Arbitration

Mongolia was an UNCITRAL arbitration under the Russia-Mongolia BIT involving the imposition of a windfall profit tax on gold sales exceeding a certain price. This continued decline was largely due to commodity price changes and concerns about the regulatory uncertainties and precarious legal environment.

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Start the Clock: Government’s Indirect Cost Rate Claim Accrued upon Submission of Indirect Cost Rate Proposal

Government Contracts Legal Forum

The ASBCA found that the government’s claim did not begin to accrue until 2014, the date the government received the contractor’s indirect cost rate proposals for fiscal year (FY) 2008 and FY 2009.

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